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PROCUREMENT

BY BILL MUNCH, NIGP-CPP, CPPO, CPPB
Join Arizona School District Buyer Boot Camp –

Meeting Virtually Thursday Mornings

Bill Munch

New to Arizona School District Procurement? Not any questions. This will be an informal setting.
so new, but looking for an easy and not so time Drop in if you can, if not we will work on getting
intensive resource group to help you get through you information and the video from that week
your day and even provide a little procurement once you register with Jessica at: jessica.leasure@
support and therapy? Then the new latest and dysart.org.
greatest Buyer Boot Camp is for you! Come
and become part of the greatest family in public "The Buyer Boot Camp is open
procurement. to all school district business
professionals so we can discuss
This idea sprung up as the brainchild of Lourdes
Banuelos of Tolleson Union fame. Back in July, upcoming topics and answer any

when Lourdes, Jessica Leasure from Dysart questions."
Unified and I were preparing for our presentation
at the AASBO Summer Conference, out of Once registered, you will be provided a meeting
nowhere Ms. Lourdes chimed in that we needed link and added to the email list.
to bring back a concept she did years ago with the
Can't make a meeting? The Buyer Boot Camp
Tolleson Union feeder districts. During the dog
videos are uploaded to the Slack Channel app.
days of Covid, she hosted Buyer Boot Camps to
discuss various challenges and procurement issues The Boot Camps are hosted by:
related to Arizona school district purchasing.
Jessica Leasure Purchasing Administrator Dysart
Within 5 minutes of her comment, we were off and Unified School District
running and the mass email invites went out that
day, thanks to Jessica! We even quickly recruited Jessica.Leisure@dysart.org
Laura Szymanoski from Deer Valley to join in the Lourdes Banuelos, CASPP Assistant Director of
fun and help us with her vast expertise. Business Services

Here is the info on the Buyer Bootcamp on Tolleson Union High School District
Thursdays at 9 a.m.-10 a.m.
Lourdes.Banuelos@tuhsd.org
We had our first meeting, through webex, on
Thursday, July 11, 2024, at 9 a.m. We meet Laura Szymanoski, NIGP-CPP, CPPB Director
every Thursday unless otherwise pre-empted by of Purchasing Services Deer Valley Unified
scheduling conflict. The Buyer Boot Camp is School District
open to all school district business professionals
Laura.Szymanoski@dvusd.org
so we can discuss upcoming topics and answer

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